What The Pottery Shop does

The Pottery Shop is a family-owned, bootstrapped handmade stoneware pottery retailer founded in 1984 by potter Chris Davis and co-founder Alex, operating from Perkins Cove in Ogunquit, Maine. The business produces and sells the Chris Davis Pottery line — a catalog of 150+ hand-thrown stoneware designs — alongside adjacent categories including breadwarmers, candles, kitchen items, garden décor, jewelry, and books, with prices ranging from $6.75 to $440 (typically $35–$150).

Revenue is generated through two channels: a single brick-and-mortar store in Perkins Cove open Fridays through Sundays from 11am to 4pm, and a Shopify-based direct-to-consumer e-commerce site that supports pricing in both USD and CAD for national and Canadian mail-order buyers. Assortment is supplemented by curated co-marketing partnerships with Maine-based makers including Sea Love Candles, Maine Salt Farm, and Maine Wild Blueberry Honey, while breadwarmer stones are sourced through an artisan partner in Bangladesh.

The firm employs between 1 and 10 people, holds no external funding and no patents, and operates without any disclosed AI, ML, or proprietary technology stack. Its customer base is split between walk-in Perkins Cove tourists, repeat mail-order collectors, and gift buyers, with no named enterprise or wholesale accounts in evidence.

Name

The Pottery Shop

Legal name

The Perkins Cove Pottery Shop

Website

https://perkinscovepottery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Pottery Shop is a family-owned handmade stoneware pottery retailer founded in 1984 in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Maine, selling the Chris Davis Pottery line and adjacent gifts via a single weekend retail store and a Shopify e-commerce site serving U.S. and Canadian customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ogunquit

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Retail Product Sales: Direct retail and e-commerce sales of handmade pottery, home goods, garden décor, kitchen items, candles, jewelry, books, and Maine-made artisan products through brick-and-mortar storefront and Shopify-based website.
2. E-commerce: Online sales through Shopify platform, with USD and CAD currency options available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Pottery Shop produces and sells handmade, high-fired stoneware pottery crafted by founder Chris Davis, featuring over 150 unique pieces in lead-free, ovenproof, microwave and dishwasher-safe glazes. The store also curates and retails complementary artisan goods including handmade breadwarmers, Maine-made candles, fair-trade olive wood products, garden décor, jewelry, books, and local specialty foods through its Perkins Cove storefront and Shopify e-commerce site.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chris Davis Pottery: Hand-thrown, high-fired stoneware pottery created by Chris Davis, featuring over 150 unique pieces in a variety of beautiful glazes. Made in York Harbor, Maine.

Products and services

• Chris Davis Hand-Thrown Stoneware Pottery
• Handmade Breadwarmers
• Glass Heart Garden Stake
• Handmade Stoneware Gnomes
• Sea Love Candles (Hand-poured Soy Candles)
• Fair Trade Olive Wood Kitchen & Tabletop Products
• Maine-Made Artisan Food Products
• "Maine's Most Famous Lobster Lady!" Book

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chris Davis (Potter)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChris Davis, along with her husband Alex, established The Pottery Shop in Perkins Cove in 1984. She is the primary artisan creating the signature hand-thrown stoneware pottery that forms the core of the shop's offerings. Over 40 years, she has developed an avid national fanbase for her beautiful creations.
• Artisan Partners (Bangladesh)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEthically-made terracotta warming stones crafted from eco-friendly clay harvested by artisan partners in Bangladesh. These stones are used in the handmade breadwarmers sold by The Pottery Shop.
• Sea Love CandlesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaine-based candle maker producing hand-poured soy candles sold at The Pottery Shop. Candles are vegan, phthalate free, dye free, free of paraffin, and made with wildflower seed paper covers.
• Maine Salt FarmminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal Maine producer of solar-dried finishing salt made from cold, clear water drawn off the coast of Maine. Their products are sold at The Pottery Shop.
• Maine Wild Blueberry Honey ProducersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal Maine beekeepers producing raw blueberry honey when bees forage exclusively on blueberry nectar. Their seasonal honey products are sold at The Pottery Shop.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MacKenzie-Childs: Decoratively painted pottery, tableware, and home goods brand selling through DTC, catalogs, and its own retail stores. Comparable as a decorative handmade pottery and home goods retailer with destination-store and online sales channels.
• East Fork Pottery: North Carolina-based handmade pottery brand selling direct-to-consumer through its own site and a flagship store. Directly comparable as a handmade stoneware pottery brand with strong DTC and lifestyle branding.
• Bauer Pottery: California-based handmade pottery brand with a strong collector following, selling direct through its own site and select retail. Comparable as a heritage handmade pottery brand with collector-driven demand and DTC commerce.
• Fishs Eddy: New York-based tableware and home goods retailer combining proprietary designs with curated artisan offerings across physical stores and e-commerce. Comparable as a specialty retailer blending handmade pottery/ceramics with curated home goods assortments.
• Heath Ceramics: California-based handmade ceramics company with its own retail showrooms and DTC e-commerce since 1948. Directly comparable as a long-established handmade ceramics brand with physical retail and direct-to-consumer sales.
• Mud Australia: Handmade porcelain tableware and homewares brand selling direct through its own e-commerce site and flagship stores. Comparable as a small-batch handmade ceramic tableware and home décor retailer with a similar premium positioning.
• Farmhouse Pottery: Vermont-based handmade pottery and home goods brand with retail stores and a robust DTC e-commerce operation. Directly comparable as a small-batch New England-region handmade pottery retailer with similar artisanal positioning.
• Jono Pandolfi: Handmade tableware and dinnerware brand led by a single named artisan, selling through its own DTC site and to restaurant/hospitality clients. Directly comparable as a signature-name handmade tableware pottery brand.

Others

• Etsy: Online marketplace aggregating independent artisans and makers, including a large handmade pottery category. Comparable as the dominant e-commerce channel where handmade pottery competes for the same DTC buyers the shop targets through Shopify.

Broad incumbents

• West Elm: National home furnishings retailer that carries artisan-made ceramics and partners with independent makers. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same handmade pottery and home décor category at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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